SEIYUU ACADEMY: EPISODE TWO.

WEEK THREE, DAY ONE. THE TRAINEES ARE ALL WAITING FOR THE HOSTS IN THE SCHOOL'S THEATRE.

〔 NAM KYUHYUNG ﹕ CLASS TWO 〕 I didn't pay much attention to it last time, but this theatre is huge. Unnecessarily huge, even... Couldn't they spend more money on the dorms' decor instead?

〔 YUELIANG ﹕ CLASS THREE 〕 [smiling] At least I can put up a wolf poster in my room!

〔 TAEYANG ﹕ CLASS THREE 〕 No.

〔 YUELIANG ﹕ CLASS THREE 〕 Yes.

〔 TAEYANG ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 Not until I'm alive... That's embarrassing. Do it once we stop associating with each other!

〔 YUELIANG ﹕ CLASS THREE 〕 Bu-

〔 DO JUNSEO ﹕ CLASS THREE 〕 Shh, you two! He's arrived.

WHO IS JUNSEO TALKING ABOUT?

〔 ??? ﹕ ??? 〕 Hello, trainees!

〔 NISHIYAMA KOTARO ﹕ HOST 〕 [slowly, in japanese] Sorry for my unannounced absence! I thought I would make it just in time to the beginning of the show, but apparently not... [scratching his head]

〔 NISHIYAMA KOTARO ﹕ HOST 〕 I bet this week has been stressing for all of you between your first JAPANESE TEST and the SECOND MISSION, am I right?

THE TRAINEES NOD FURIOUSLY.

〔 NISHIYAMA KOTARO ﹕ HOST 〕 [laughing] I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'm sure your efforts up to this point have paid off, however. Shall we finally assign everyone their roles for this recording and announce the test results?

WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE HOST WILL DO FOR THE TRAINEES RIGHT NOW.

BUT BEFORE THAT... SHALL WE HAVE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED DURING THIS WEEK?

WEEK TWO, DAY TWO. ALL THE SCHOOL'S SPEAKERS ACTIVATE AT THE SAME TIME, ANNOUNCING THE CONTENTS OF THE SECOND MISSION.

〔 "MOMOE" ﹕ STAFF 〕 Starting this week, you'll interact directly with someone involved in the animanga industry. We're talking about an emergent mangaka whose works are being serialized after her long time as an artist on Pixiv.

〔 "MOMOE" ﹕ STAFF 〕 We earned the possibility to have you, aspiring seiyuus, act out the scenes and get officially casted for the animated adaptation of one of her most famous works, currently ongoing... And that is...

〔 "MOMOE" ﹕ STAFF 〕 "What If?" is an ongoing work released weekly surrounding the same five characters everytime, while describing them in different scenarios. The author, mamanaka, usually writes each chapter on the basis of Twitter polls' results.

〔 "MOMOE" ﹕ STAFF 〕 ... Except this time, you are going to be the authors of your own scenes.

〔 EVERYONE 〕 ... HUH?

〔 "MOMOE" ﹕ STAFF 〕 Alongside this, you will take your very first JAPANESE TEST. The teacher will test your language proficiency on a written level as a preparation to the mission. Yes, that grade will be part of your final REPORT CARD, so take it as seriously as you can.

〔 HANNAH YUXIN CHEN ﹕ CLASS TWO 〕 Oh... They want us to kill ourselves, got it.

〔 "MOMOE" ﹕ STAFF 〕 This being said, the author will visit the studio starting tomorrow. I recommend studying the material you'll work with, if possible. You can always ask the staff to provide you a physical copy of the first volume. Good luck everyone!

THE SPEAKERS TURN OFF.

〔 YANG HYEONGJIN ﹕ CLASS THREE 〕 We've just joined and we have to deal with this already? Damn... But I'll do my best!

〔 CHA JISEONG ﹕ CLASS THREE 〕 We can do this!

〔 NOH SEOKHOON ﹕ CLASS THREE 〕 I wonder if the author is an attractive girl... [pensive] The name isn't inspiring at all, but maybe it's her tactic...

〔 TAEYANG ﹕ CLASS THREE 〕 Are you that desperate for female attention? I hope she's a lesbian or that she's been lying about being a woman because of her being in the shojo industry which would actually mean she's a man, just so your dreams can be shattered and she can be left alone.

[TAEYANG. WHAT THE FUCK.]

[BUT WHAT IF I TOLD YOU ONE OF THESE IS RIGHT...]

〔 NOH SEOKHOON ﹕ CLASS THREE 〕 You really don't want me to be happy, do you...

〔 TAEYANG ﹕ CLASS THREE 〕 [chuckling] So unserious...

IN THE LION DORM, AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT...

〔 JUNG SEOLHA ﹕ CLASS THREE 〕 Ugh... I'm so stressed... How are we supposed to take a Japanese test and write a script in Japanese within a week? We barely know anything about the language...

〔 AMAJIKI RURUKA ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 I could help...! I think I can allow myself to do that, since I'm quite proficient for obvious reasons!

〔 EDEN SEOK ﹕ CLASS TWO 〕 That would be great. Thank you.

〔 AMAJIKI RURUKA ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 Mhm! How about we make ourselves some tea and start looking at the original work? I think that would be helpful for us to get an idea of what we'll be asked to write...!

〔 AHN JUNYONG ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 Oh... [yawning] I mean, sure... If it doesn't take too long...

〔 AMAJIKI RURUKA ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 Just 10 minutes will do! I have a copy of the first volume myself... Here!

〔 AHN JUNYONG ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 Oh, great. Did you read it already?

〔 AMAJIKI RURUKA ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 Not exactly, no...! See, Yeeun took a copy for me right after the announcement, so I could only give a look at the first few pages... Let's read it together!

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〔 AHN JUNYONG ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 I didn't start off very well with Ruruka... In my defense, her prank was too realistic!

〔 AHN JUNYONG ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 I think that after the initial misunderstanding, however, we're getting along well. She's very nice and productive... And incredibly enough she's not repulsed or scared of me either?

〔 AHN JUNYONG ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 [grinning] I guess she's the only one with good taste here~ She's seen my asset of skills and visuals and she's fallen for my charms as it should be...!

〔 AMAJIKI RURUKA ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 [chuckles]

[YOU'LL NEED TO WATCH EPISODE ONE'S EXTRA #04 TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. UNFORTUNATELY I HAVEN'T SUBBED IT YET! BUT I'LL DO IT VERY SOON.]

(AND HE NEVER SUBBED IT.)

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WEEK TWO, DAY THREE. WE'RE CURRENTLY IN CLASS ONE.

〔 EGUCHI TAKUYA ﹕ ACTING TEACHER 〕 Our guest will start working with us today! Prepare yourselves for their arrival.

〔 CHEN YUTING ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 I can't wait...! What about our Japanese teacher, though? I still don't understand what type of woman she is... Mrs. Shiraishi, was it?

〔 JANG HUIJUN ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 She's so scary~ I can't bring myself to look at her ever...

〔 OSCAR LEE ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 And if even Huijun is scared of her...

〔 EGUCHI TAKUYA ﹕ ACTING TEACHER 〕 ... Who? I don't think I've ever met her, actually...

〔 KOGA AOI ﹕ ACTING TEACHER 〕 Naturally...! She's rarely here, so it makes sense. I've met her only once and just for a few seconds.

〔 AMAJIKI RURUKA ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 And how was she? Was she nice?

〔 KOGA AOI ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 [visibly shaking] Terrifying. I never wanted to die more.

〔 OSCAR LEE ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 ... We're done for!

〔 KIM GARAM ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 Oh... What am I going to do...

〔 NIE XINNING ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 [smiling confidently] I'll protect you.

〔 EGUCHI TAKUYA ﹕ ACTING TEACHER 〕 Let's look at the positives! If Koga-san says she's rarely seen around here, then it's highly likely she won't be here tod-

〔 ??? ﹕ ??? 〕 Good morning.

〔 AHN JUNYONG ﹕ CLASS ON 〕 Oh Goodness... [gulps]

〔 "SHIRAISHI" ﹕ JAPANESE TEACHER 〕 I'm here solely to guide Unabara-san through the school, but Eguchi-san and Koga-san are already here, huh... I'll leave him in your care. Be considerate.

〔 EGUCHI TAKUYA ﹕ ACTING TEACHER 〕 Mh? OK...? Why would she say that...?

〔 SON YEEUN ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 And did she say... Leaving him in your care?

〔 ??? ﹕ ??? 〕 [knocking on the door, hesitantly] Excuse me...? Is this CLASS ONE? I was asked to come here first...

〔 KOGA AOI ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 Come in~!

〔 ??? ﹕ ??? 〕 Good morning...!

THE DOOR CLOSES BEHIND THE MYSTERIOUS FIGURE.

〔 EVERYONE 〕 [bowing] Hello!

〔 UNABARA YAMATO ﹕ GUEST 〕 Nice to meet all of you...! [bowing] I'm Unabara Yamato... You probably know me as mamanaka, though.

〔 UNABARA YAMATO ﹕ GUEST 〕 ... Why is everyone staring?

〔 NIE XINNING ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 Sorry if it seems inappropriate... But I didn't expect you to be a man, in all honesty.

〔 UNABARA YAMATO ﹕ GUEST 〕 Oh...! [scratching his head] Well, I hear that quite often. I bet you haven't heard of many men writing shojo manga, am I right?

〔 SON YEEUN ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 And even when they do, it turns out to be trash... They tend to be quite misogynistic in their writing, so it's a pleasant surprise to see it's not the case with your work! I've read a few chapters already, so I know that much...

〔 UNABARA YAMATO ﹕ GUEST 〕 I'm glad to hear that!

〔 KOGA AOI ﹕ ACTING TEACHER 〕 That's nice to hear, indeed! [clapping her hands] It's time to start writing the script then! [shaking the whiteboard in front of her]

〔 KOGA AOI ﹕ ACTING TEACHER 〕 Of course I don't expect everyone to be good at writing, so how about you make a smaller group focused on that? The others can try practicing the other scenes...!

〔 EGUCHI TAKUYA ﹕ ACTING TEACHER 〕 Or... Revising for the JAPANESE TEST! Remember that it'll be very soon, so if you're not busy with preparing the script, I recommend studying hard!

〔 LEE TAEWON ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 I keep forgetting we have a JAPANESE TEST... Just... Why?

〔 LEE AEJUNG ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 ... Big bro, are you serious? Do you want to debut in Japan with a song in Korean?

〔 LEE TAEWON ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 Well... I keep forgetting we're debuting in Japan too, OK? [laughs]

〔 OSCAR LEE ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 I'm asking myself the same question... If anything, why now? We've joined the competition not long ago, after all...

〔 KOGA AOI ﹕ ACTING TEACHER 〕 Unfortunately, that's how it goes... Not like you're going to have any problems with it, though... We've already passed the stage of needing interpreters while communicating!

〔 EGUCHI TAKUYA ﹕ ACTING TEACHER 〕 ... Bold of you to say that while the interpreter is standing right beside you, Koga-san.

〔 KOGA AOI ﹕ ACTING TEACHER 〕 What do you mean with "Bold of you," Eguchi-san! You know what I meant...! They can pick up on what we say without their help, so my point still stands!

〔 EGUCHI TAKUYA ﹕ ACTING TEACHER 〕 OK, OK! I'm sorry, Koga-san...

〔 KOGA AOI ﹕ ACTING TEACHER 〕 This being said... Let's start immediately! Feel free to ask us for any help... And good luck!

〔 UNABARA YAMATO ﹕ GUEST 〕 Oh, same for me actually... If I can be of any help, feel free to ask!

〔 AHN JUNYONG ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 [bowing] Thank you... Don't mind if we do, then...!

CLASS ONE STARTS PREPARING SOME DRAFTS.

〔 AHN JUNYONG ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 Mhm, let's see... I know Huijun has a wonderfully wild imagination, so I think he could help us writing this script. Is that fine by you?

〔 JANG HUIJUN ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 Of course it is~! [with a hand on his forehead, saluting] I will do my best.

〔 AHN JUNYONG ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 Great, that's the spirit. Next... I think either me or Yuting should check on the writing committee, just not both at the same time since, well... Who's going to take care of the others, then?

〔 CHEN YUTING ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 I don't mind either task... It's up to you, really.

〔 AHN JUNYONG ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 I see... Then I'll take care of the writing committee and I'll leave the rest to you.

〔 CHEN YUTING ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 Sure! Good luck, CLASS REP.

〔 AHN JUNYONG ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 Same goes for you, fellow REPRESENTATIVE!

〔 AHN JUNYONG ﹕ CLASS ONE 〕 Now then... Who else could help with the script, now?

WHO ELSE WILL JUNYONG CHOOSE TO WRITE THE SCRIPT?

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND OUT THE REST AFTER A SHORT COMMERCIAL BREAK !

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FEVEN'S CORNER !!!

Hi there! We're finally starting with EPISODE TWO...! But before proceeding all happily with the updates, I also have a complaint. I did not think I'd have to give this many YELLOW MARKS (= missed active checks' notes. This was written in the format chapter so if you missed it, your fault). You know how many trainees currently have one?

Everything being considered, 9 appliers and 17 characters have a YELLOW MARK. Now, some of these became active so I'll most likely remove it as it seems reasonable, but this applies to 3 appliers out of 9, maybe 4 if we push it. One of these appliers quit today too, so we now have two less characters... But this time I won't have extraordinary auditions, obviously. Even one missing mark for new students would be a total mess which I can't allow myself...

HOWEVER... I will be even stricter about activity from now on, which is why...

SURPRISE ACTIVE CHECK.
Complete the Google Forms quiz you can find linked inline.

DEADLINE: JUNE 2ND, 23:59 (CEST/UTC+2).
USERS WITH NO YELLOW MARKS CAN USE THIS AS A CHANCE TO GET BONUS POINTS, BUT YOU'RE STILL REQUIRED TO COMPLETE IT ON TIME.